Viewers of the new-to-video Crimson Tide may be bemused by the young sailors’ discussions about actor Hardy Kruger and comics artist Jack Kirby. It’s a sure bet these arcane references were the work of uncredited dialogue doctor Quentin Tarantino, which had us wondering how the Pulp Fiction auteur would pump up scenes from a couple of other classics on the video shelves.

CASABLANCA:Rick sits at the table of his closed café, agonizing over the reappearance of lost love Ilsa.Rick: Of all the Hemingwayesque gin joints in all the Graham Greene-ish towns in all the world, she walks into mine. [Looks at Sam, his piano player.] What are you playing? Sam: Just a little something of my own. Rick: Well, stop it. You know what I want to hear. Sam: You prefer the original Herman Hupfeld arrangement or the Rudy Vallee version? Rick: I don’t care. Sam: Well, anyone who’s hip to anything knows that Vallee’s has got that sweet, crooning quality… Rick: To hell with Vallee! Sam: To hell with Vallee, huh? [Begins playing. After a few bars, stops and glares at Rick.] Boss, I ever tell you about the time I gave Ilsa a foot massage?

PSYCHO:Norman Bates and Marion Crane are having supper. Marion asks him if he goes out with friends.Norman: Well, a boy’s best friend is his mother… Marion: Oh, I can’t say I agree. What about…Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy? Yogi Bear and Boo Boo? Race Bannon and Haji? Norman: [Reaching inside a nearby drawer] Well, with all due respect, Miss Crane, those Hanna-Barbera cartoons were lame. [Removes a butcher knife from drawer.] I was going to wait until you were in the shower, but some things are too hard to forgive…